New Year, New You (Almost) New Habitat: Optimizing Your Home for Health And Sanity

Instead of just resolutions for your waistline, let’s make some resolutions for your home. Okay, everyone,let’s see a show of hands if you’ve already bought a ridiculously large bag of spinach you swear you’re going to eat before it turns into green sludge in...

Out, Out, Damp Spot: A Short Guide to Waterproofing a Basement From the Inside

Can you seal basement leaks from the inside? The short answer is YES!Photo by Lowe’s Basements have a sketchy reputation. Things lurk down there: forgotten holiday decorations, that treadmill you swore you’d use, and (unfortunately) that dreaded musty smell that...

Home Maintenance: How to Budget for the Inevitable (and Expensive)

Welcome, brave homeowner to the glorious and expensive world of home maintenance! Ah, home ownership. The American Dream. Visions of picket fences, manicured lawns, and warm summer weekends grilling on the backyard deck. What they don’t show you in...